Ja Rule and wife Aisha Atkins have denied split rumours with a festive snap.

After completing a 23-month spell behind bars, online reports had claimed that the rapper - real name Jeffrey Atkins - had left his lady to be with his prison cell mate.

However, Ja Rule took to Twitter to rubbish the speculation, posting a pic of himself in a Santa hat, kissing his wife, as they both stick their middle fingers up at the camera.

He accompanied the pic with the caption: "Sorry to disappoint all the haters who want the rumors to be true so bad lol. Merry Xmas stupid love Mick&Mal.Lmao”.

[uuid=2e95c39b-24bc-48c3-8564-53bc1cefabbb]Ja Rule was released from prison[/uuid] back in May after being originally sentenced on charges of tax evasion and gun possession.

Picture:© Twitter / @JaRule